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A sub-genre of [[Ska]] that showed up in Britain at the end of [[The Seventies]]. 2 Tone took its name from a newly formed record label based in [[The Midlands|Coventry]], recognised by its distinctive checkerboard logo and mod mascot "Walt Jabsco". Since the company gave bands the option to produce one single with no obligations to follow it up, several successful ska groups were able to record a 2 Tone release before moving on to another company if they wished.
Musically, the second wave bands were influenced by [[Reggae]], [[Punk Rock]] and the [[Soul
Many of the songs released by second wave bands were politically and socially conscious. Most of the main groups had multiracial line-ups, with songwriter Jerry Dammers - probably the dominant personality behind the formation of the 2 Tone Records label and the keyboard player for [[The Specials (
Although some American ska groups such as [[The Toasters]] and [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] - who were influenced by the performers in the British scene - also appeared around this time, they're generally not counted as 2 Tone bands. Rather, they are usually categorised as major influences of the American [[Ska Punk]], or Third Wave ska genre; the American ska scene was arguably kicked off by British expatriate Robert Hingley, whose band (the Toasters) were formed when he discovered that there were no major exponents of ska in the states. As a tribute to their British influences, the Toasters subsequently recorded a song called "2 Tone Army" (which saw use as the theme for [[Ka Blam!|a cartoon show]] in the 1990s).
2 Tone artists include:
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* [[Music/The Beat|The Beat]]
* The Bodysnatchers
* [[Madness (
* [[The Selecter]]
* [[The Specials (
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